Ironing board



T. C. PETRIET AL IRONING BOARD Filed Feb. 28, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet l litATTORNEY myiaew yfl Oct. 13, 1931, T. c. PETR! ET AL IHONING BOARD FiledFeb. 28, 1930 2 Sheetvfilheet' 2 Tlh v 16 7 4 7 J9 I 7A INVENTC ATTORHEY Patented Oct. 13, 1 931 "UNITED'STATES PATENT OFFICE i THOMAS C.PETRI AND DIXIE W. PETRI, OF NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE .IBONING BOARDApplication filed February 28, Serial No. 432,175.

Our present invention has reference to are similar to the walls of thenotches 5 and 6 ironing boards, and our object is to provide althoughthe walls are reversely arranged. a an ironing board embodying novelfeatures The leg 4 is adapted to be passed through whereby the same canbe attached to a table the slot 2 in the ironing board 1 so that the 5of the usual construction to afford a strong inner wall or shoulderprovided by the slot and rigid structure and wherein the elements willrest in the notch 5. The penetrating comprising the board may be readilyreelements 3 are designed to be inserted in the moved from the table,separated and folded under face of the top 8 of table and these oneagainst the other to produce a small elements are forced into the saidtable top by.

re package for storage or for shipment. v a pressure upon the outer endof the board 1.' p- To the attainment of the foregoing the he board willbe thus tilted on the shoulder invention consists in the improvementhere 5 b in addition to this the said board will inafter described anddefinitely claimed. be tilted and canted upon the end of a brace In thdr wing prop 9 which affords a fulcrum as well as a Figure 1 is a sideelevation of the improveupp r f r the board, the said prop being me t,pivoted, as at 10, to the leg 4. The free end Figure 2 is a top plan iewthereof Of th Q, braceprop 9 TS 1:6061V6d in 21, pocket Fi 3 i t l i fth Sleeve provided by a depression or by forming the b d, under face ofthe board with a cavity. The Figure 4 is a top plan view of the ironingP 13 held in Vertical Position When in P- 7 board. eration by contactwith a stop element in the Figure 5 is a substantially central longif adeal; 12 Which is tacked nailed tudinal sectional view through theimpi'ove- P Q slde of the The Sleeve 'boardis nent in et up position;Indicated llllmeral and Same Figure 6 is a sectional view approximatelyfrom 811d 15 Centrally Provided W on the line 6-6 of Figure 5, with thesleeve longitudinal s 14 3 determined b d removei tance. The inner wallprovided by the slot is Figure 7 is a perspective view of the leg. gh toTest 111 F notch 6 of the leg Fi 8 i a i i il t Fi 5 b t The bifurcatedportions 15 at the end of the m ill t ti a li ht difi ti board providedbythe slot 14 have alining so Figure 9 is an edge view of the upperportransverse substantlauy P groove 16 tion of th 1 di l d b Fi 8therethrough and these grooves are designed The ironing board isindicated by the nut0 f therein a laterally extending P moral 1. and hasits rear edge centrally and 17 that 15 Inserted through the adlacent 5longitudinally slotted, as at 2, for a deterto h p h mined distance. Thetop of the board at w h l p constructlonas {lbOVe the Opposite sides ofthe slot 2 i provided scribed 1t will be noted that the ironing boardwith penetrating elements may be set up in an easy and expeditious man-The leg is indicated by the numeral 4. The to .afiord Strong and SturdyStructure leg has its Outer edge provided with two wh ch is also truewlth respect to the sleeve spaced notches 5 and 6, respectively and theboard. It will be further noted that the eleinner walls provided bythese notches are deg cpnstltutmigg the lmpl Ovement may be signed toafford straight shoulders when the ma 1 y removed mm the table andfolded leg is in operative position, the lower walls 32: f gi s i t drhgg di' ibi sliigi izii tf Small pack- 9- afiordimg slimlght ledges, FSame bemg (115' In Figures 8 and 9 the construction slightly Posed atfight angles Wlth respect to the differs inasmuch as the leg 18 is hined, as at shouldersh 011ml: edge o the g at a 19, to the under face ofthe ironing board 20. slight and suitable distance away from the Theironing board is provided with the lonuotch 5 is provided with a notch 7whose walls gitudinal slot 21 that enters from its rear end '.and may beprovided with penetrating) elements similar to the'elements 3; The raceprop 20' is pivotally secured to the ironing board andisswingable-against theinner and straight wall providedbyapooket 21whose inner wall is arcuate,'as indicated by the nu- ,mera122, Astopjcleat 23 me be secured o. one side'o f the leg 18, for the 'race.prop-20' although this is not an absolute requirement. 7 vThe leg isprovided with notches sim'iliir t0 the notchesr,fi andfldisclosediinth'eleg'cone- V struction previously described and the uppler shoulder24 for the sleeve board 25 isin-t is instance arranged in a line withtheupper and 15 lower walls of the grooves 26 etthesidesof the-leg 18., Theslot initheend-ofthe sleeve botirdjis comparatively; narrow. so thatlthe sidewalls providedlbyl the slotwill befre- V ceive dinthe groove.andiin this-manner the;

sleeve boardwill be; efiiieotively supported upon the.leg18.'

It is thought the ioregoing 'description o when readin connection withtheaccompan'ying drawingswill .f ully. set forth the construe tion, andadvantages. of the improvement so thatfurthendetailed description will}not be requiredl, u t V v v lHaving described the invention, weclaim:

' An ironing board comprising a boardhave 30 ingfla'slot extending.inwardly of one end thereof, and'having saidsend disposed under atabletop, a notchedlegextendingthrough I the: slot with onewnotchthereofin, engagement with 5 the endwall of the slot and another notch;receiving the edgeof the table top, said iboarodrhaving a depression, abrace pivoted to the leg withthefree end thereof 5 fitting in thedepression, andecleat secured to the legto be engaged by the 'cleat. oIntestirnonyl 'hereofwe effixour si gna-o n s I s v'rnoMAs o;Planner..DIX E BET

